March 07

Thursday 07, 2002:

The Network Against Prohibition forms in Darwin, Australia.

Thursday 07, 1996:

The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed.

Monday 07, 1994:

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.

Tuesday 07, 1989:

The State Council of the People's Republic of China declares martial law in Lhasa, Tibet.

Monday 07, 1988:

Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Saturday 07, 1987:

Mike Tyson adds the WBA World Heavyweight boxing championship to his WBC one when he beats James Smith after a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Wednesday 07, 1984:

The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.

Monday 07, 1983:

The Nashville Network (TNN) begins broadcasting.

Wednesday 07, 1973:

The ultimately disappointing Comet Kohoutek is discovered by Lubos Kohoutek.

Thursday 07, 1968:

Vietnam War: The First Battle of Saigon begins.

Sunday 07, 1965:

In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully break up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed Bloody Sunday.

Wednesday 07, 1951:

In Korea, United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.

Tuesday 07, 1950:

Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.

Friday 07, 1947:

The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.

Wednesday 07, 1945:

World War II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany and begin to cross.

Saturday 07, 1936:

World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

Thursday 07, 1918:

World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.

Thursday 07, 1912:

Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911.

Tuesday 07, 1911:

Revolution in Mexico.

Tuesday 07, 1876:

Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,464).

Friday 07, 1862:

Union forces led by General Samuel Curtis defeat Confederate troops under General Earl Van Dorn at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.

Thursday 07, 1850:

United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

Tuesday 07, 1848:

The Great mahele (land division) is signed in Hawaii.

Wednesday 07, 1827:

Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the future politician in colonial New Zealand.

Monday 07, 1814:

Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne.

Thursday 07, 1799:

Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

Wednesday 07, 1798:

The French army enters in Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic

Saturday 07, 161:

Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire.

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